Improvement in window-guards



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUNNEWELL, or oHAELESrowN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW-GUARDS Specification forming part ot- Letters Patent No. 4|,51L dated February 9, 1864.

To all whom: tmaly concern: l Beit known that I, JAMES HUNNEWELL, of

Charlestowrnin theoounty ot' Middlesexand Stateof lla'ssacliusetts. haveinvented an Improvement in Window-Guards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and eX- act description thereof, and of the manner of using the same, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon.

Figure I is afront View ofthe outside 'of' a window with the guard attached. Fig. 1I is a plan andtseetion at' the cap-piece Fi III is a plan and section ot' one of the side pieces. Fig. IV isa plan and section of the base.

My im provementis intended to excl ude` cold air, snow, rain, and dust from apartments, to preventthevibration and rattlingof the sashes, a 1d avoid many of the objections that attend the use ot' double Windows.

The constructionof the several parts and tleir adaptation to' windows and windowframes may be slightly "aried, provided that the main features of my-plan are retained, as

herein described.V 1t is to be applied to both the upper and Lower sashes, or to either one of them, the general plan and design being Similar in both cases.'

The frame of thewindow is represented at A, Fig. I, and the sill at .13. The sashes C and C' slide vertically in the frame, both be- .ing closed Whenmy attachments are in use.

` The guards for the lower sash consist ot four pieces-wiz., the base D, the cap G, and the Vtwoside pieces, E E. The baseD lies upon the window-sill, its'ends being'tted to theA Its inner frame, as shownin Fig. IV at J J edge, K, bears against thesash, at which point `it is covered with cloth or india-rubber.

The cappiece G .tits to the lower side of 'the upper sash, lapping over the ]'ointbet'ween the two sashes, and `is cut away, as Shown at H I, Fig. Il, to iit the parting bead and the. sash. Its shape is shown in section at L, the lower side being beveled, to keep the waterdrip awayv from the window. This bevel is cut away to the dotted line, forming a shoulder or rabbet to receive the upper ends of the side pieces, E E. The form of these two pieces ,is represented in Fig. lII. The lower end, N, :of each piece rests upon the base D. The inner edge, that is in Contact withk .theisash7 is c'ut away, as at M, to rece-ive the parting-bead,at

' which point india-rubber or cloth may be aipplied. These strips are just wide enough to tit accurately into the frame, and are provided with a knob or screw-ring, P, by which' they are readily removed, whenv necessary.

.The upper sash, Uf, is guarded in the same manner as the lower one, as shown by 'the dotted lines.

To apply the. gu rds the base and cap are first put in place. he side piecesare then-put in, and all the parts are then firmly heldtogether and secured in place without the use of nails or screws.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y The combination ot two vertical strips placed on opposite sides of the window with the cap and sill, the four-pieces being arranged with reference to each other in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

JOHN M.BATC11ELDER, SAML. BATCH-ELDER, Jr. 

